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48th Vuelta al País Vasco - ProT
Spain, April 7-12, 2008
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Stage 4 - April 10: Viana - Vitoria - Gasteiz, 171km
High Road on a roll with Kirchen's second win
By Monika Prell in Vitoria
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Team High Road added another one-two finish to its results page, this time in the fourth stage of the Vuelta al País Vasco where Luxembourg's Kim Kirchen took the bunch sprint ahead of his rapidly improving young Italian team-mate, Morris Possoni. Kirchen sprinted to victory in Vitoria after a mountainous 171 kilometer stage, just seconds after catching the day-long break which included Possoni, who held on to take second ahead of points classification leader David Herrero (Karpin Galicia). It was stage win number two for the 29 year-old after his triumph in stage two, and the second one-two finish for High Road in a week after the Hel van het Mergelland.
Overall leader Alberto Contador maintained his slim three second lead over Ezequiel Mosquera (Karpin Galicia). The main breakaway of the day, with Possoni, Australian champion Matthew Lloyd (Silence Lotto) and Basque rider Amets Txurruka (Euskaltel – Euskadi) was caught with just 50 metres to the line, and mixed in with the bunch gallop with Possoni coming second, Lloyd fifth and Txurruka in seventh.
Kirchen explained that it wasn't his first choice to pass his own team-mate to take the win, but with the speed of the bunch he had no choice. "Today it was a pretty fast stage, and we had a fairly young boy in the breakaway group. He could have won, but at the end I had to pass him because we were going too fast and anybody else could have won; happily it was me." He was happy with the team-work on such a hard stage. "I had a good team that worked for me, and so I could win. I would like to dedicate this victory to the young rider I passed, he was in the break yesterday, and in the break again today. I am sorry for him, but I think that a victory is too important to let other teams win."
The young Amets Txurruka was very disappointed in the finish. "What a pity that they chased us down at only some meters to go. You always hope that you could win, even if we knew that it was very difficult. Really, it is a pity. We gave everything. We [Euskaltel – Euskadi] are trying every day, and today it was my turn. I tried and I really was able to select the right breakaway group," admitted the Basque.
How it unfolded
Viana, 11:45 pm. The first buses of the teams appeared and attracted the attention of the public to the 146 remaining riders. The leaders of the different classifications and their team-mates had the good luck that after a rainy night the sun decided to appear and to illuminate the picturesque town of Viana. One hour later, the peloton started the fourth and perhaps most difficult stage of this year's edition.
The route lead them today through the famous vineyards of the Rioja Alavesa, the mountains of Alava and the little villages of the neighbour regions Burgos and Castilla y León. The first difficulty of the day, the Alto de Herrera, a mountain of the first category, awaited the riders after just 57 kilometers.
The racing was hot from the gun, with a break of four hitting out straight away: Jorge Azanza Soto (Euskaltel - Euskadi), Iban Velasco Murillo (Euskaltel - Euskadi), Alexandre Botcharov (Crédit Agricole) and Alejandro Paleo (Karpin Galicia). They were caught and quickly countered by Jérémy Roy (Française des Jeux), Xabier Zandio Echaide (Caisse d'Epargne), Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Euskaltel - Euskadi) and Daniele Righi (Lampre) at kilometre give.
Tom Stubbe (Française des Jeux) and Koos Moerenhout (Rabobank) bridged across to the leaders, but held a tenuous gap on the peloton. Stubbe attacked solo at kilometre ten, while the rest of the breakaway decided to head back to the comfort of the bunch. Several riders came across to Stubbe, and while not all made the ultimate breakaway, a group of five settled in for the long haul up front: Txurruka, Possoni, the Australian champion Matthew Lloyd (Silence Lotto) and Liquigas rider Dario Cataldo from Italy.
The peloton let them go, but when the advantage climbed to three minutes and twenty seconds, Saunier Duval reacted and began to work. The fans on the Alto de Herrera saw Possoni crossing the summit in the first position, ahead of Txurruka, Lloyd, Cataldo and Stubbe. During the descent, it began to rain and four riders crashed down in the peloton, amongst them the world champion Paolo Bettini. The Italian continued, but dropped out later in the stage.
The quintet in front reached a maximum lead of four minutes before encountering a strong crosswind. The summit of the next difficulty of the day, the Alto de Zaldiaran (category two) was reached first by Txurruka, ahead of Possoni and Cataldo. Then, the peloton passed through Vitoria, the Basque capital, for the first time before heading out for another lap of 67 kilometers. The diminutive Basque rider took the intermediate sprint at the line ahead of the Belgian and the Italian.
During the last 58 kilometers, the peloton had to climb over three mountains, two of the third category where Txurruka and Lloyd hit the top first, while Cataldo lost contact on the second at kilometre 144 while the break enjoyed just over one minute's lead. With ten kilometers before the finish line, the leaders hit the Alto de Zaldiaran (2nd category), reached first by Lloyd ahead of Txurruka and Possoni where Stubbe was the next to drop off the pace and head back to the peloton which was hot on the heels of the leaders, just 35 seconds behind.
The five struggled with all their remaining strength, but to no avail: the peloton chased them down at 50 meters to go, and Kim Kirchen overtook his team-mate Possoni who finished second. Third was, once again, the Basque David Herrero from Karpin Galicia.
Tomorrow's fifth stage will be the "key stage", as Alberto Contador and Mikel Astarloza suppose. From Vitoria to Orio over 162 kilometers with four mountains, three of the second and one of the third category. The last chance for everybody to reach a stage victory before the final time trial in Orio on Saturday and to make time in the general classification for those who will not be able to count on their abilities as time trialists.
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- Kirchen denies Possoni a stage win, but keeps it in the team.
- Riccardo Ricco (Saunier Duval) not looking to thrilled with the spring weather.
- Iker Camaño (Saunier Duval) is in a strong position for the overall going into the time trial.
- Astana controls the bunch.
- Amets Txurruka (Euskaltel-Euskadi) is no stranger to breakaways, having been most aggressive rider in the 2007 Tour de France.
- Chris Horner (Astana) leads his team on the front.
- Kirchen gets the traditional Basque hat on the podium.
- Kim Kirchen (High Road) takes the win just ahead of Possoni.
- Possoni, Matt Lloyd and Tom Stubbe (FdJ) surviving in the breakaway.
- Astana has gotten a lot of time at the front protecting Contador's lead since stage 1.
- Daniele Righi (Lampre) and his team-mates after failing to make the day-long break.
- Saunier Duval did a lot of work to bring back the break, only to be denied a stage win.
- Kirchen pops the cap on another stage victory.
- Saunier Duval has been shut out of any stage wins in this Basque tour.
- Possoni makes a last ditch effort to take the stage, but his team-mate Kirchen is coming on strong.
- The landscape was a lush green after all the spring rains.
- Alberto Contador (Astana) had a relaxed day in yellow.
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- Team Astana controls the pace for its leader Alberto Contador.
- Alberto Contador (Astana) looks comfortable in the leader's jersey.
- Amets Txurruka (Euskaltel-Euskadi) leads the escape.
- Luxemburger Kim Kirchen (High Road), 29, wins stage four of the 48th País Vasco.
- Kim Kirchen (High Road) captures the stage win of the País Vasco.
- Michael Albasini (Liquigas) finished well today in 4th.
- Dutch champion Koos Moerenhout and Rabobank team-mate Theo Eltink before the start.
- Paolo Bettini (Quick Step) makes some final adjustments.
- Juan Manuel Garate (Quick Step).
- Schleck and Kirchen share a joke.
- Carlos Sastre Candil (CSC).
- Kim Kirchen (Team High Road) took his second stage today.
- David Herrero Llorente (Karpin Galicia) leads the points competition.
- Iban Mayoz (Karpin Galicia) leading the sprints competition.
- Alberto Contador (Astana) remains the leader.
- Don't mind if I do!
- Contador speaks to the press.
- Igor Antón (Euskaltel - Euskadi).
- One of the Karpin Galicia riders signs on.
- Yaroslav Popovych (Silence - Lotto).
- A main attraction at the start is the access to the riders.
- Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Caisse d'Epargne).
- Dominik Roels and Sebastian Schwager from the Milram team.
- Leonardo Piepoli (Saunier Duval - Scott).
- Alberto Contador (Astana) was happy to sign for fans.
- Thomas Lövkvist (Team High Road).
- A small group crosses the line.
- Patrice Halgand (Crédit Agricole) safely crosses the finish line.
Results
1 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team High Road 4.17.33 (39.84 km/h) 2 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team High Road 3 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Karpin Galicia 4 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 5 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto 6 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 7 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 8 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 9 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 10 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 11 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 12 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Quick Step 13 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step 14 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 15 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 16 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 17 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 18 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto 19 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Karpin Galicia 20 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 21 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 22 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Karpin Galicia 23 Michael Barry (Can) Team High Road 24 Patxi Javier Vila (Spa) Lampre 25 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2r - La Mondiale 26 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 27 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 28 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 29 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto 30 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 31 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Française des Jeux 32 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 33 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2r - La Mondiale 34 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 35 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole 36 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 37 Igor Astarloa Ascasibar (Spa) Team Milram 38 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 39 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road 40 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana 41 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 42 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Silence - Lotto 43 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 44 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 45 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 46 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 47 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 48 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas 49 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 50 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 51 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 52 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 53 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 54 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 55 Iker Camaño (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 56 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 57 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 58 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 59 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 60 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 61 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step 62 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 63 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 64 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 65 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 66 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Karpin Galicia 67 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Team High Road 68 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 69 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 70 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Silence - Lotto 71 Iban Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 72 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 73 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 74 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team High Road 75 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale 76 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 77 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 78 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step 79 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 80 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2r - La Mondiale 81 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 82 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence - Lotto 83 Alberto Fernández De La Puebla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 84 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 85 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 86 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step 87 Julien El Farès (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 88 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 89 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 90 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 91 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 92 José Rujano Guillen (Ven) Caisse d'Epargne 93 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 94 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 95 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 96 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 97 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 98 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 99 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 100 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 101 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC 102 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 103 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre 104 Chris Horner (USA) Astana 105 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC 106 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 107 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 108 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 109 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 110 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 0.25 111 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Astana 0.34 112 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux 0.53 113 Juan Francisco Mourón (Spa) Karpin Galicia 1.21 114 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram 115 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 116 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale 117 Anthony Roux (Fra) Française des Jeux 118 John Devine (USA) Team High Road 119 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 120 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre 121 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 3.02 122 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram 123 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 124 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana 125 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step 126 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Française des Jeux 127 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 6.15 128 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 129 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank 130 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 131 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Liquigas 132 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence - Lotto 133 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 134 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 7.18 135 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana 136 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r - La Mondiale 137 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana Points 1 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team High Road 25 pts 2 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team High Road 20 3 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Karpin Galicia 16 4 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 14 5 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto 12 6 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 10 7 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 9 8 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 8 9 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 7 10 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 6 11 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 5 12 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Quick Step 4 13 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step 3 14 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 2 15 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1 16 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott -5 17 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram -5 Sprints Vitoria-Gasteiz - km. 104 1 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3 pts 2 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Française des Jeux 2 3 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Liquigas 1 Treviño - km. 126 1 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team High Road 3 pts 2 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Française des Jeux 2 3 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto 1 Treviño - km. 152 1 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team High Road 3 pts 2 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 3 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto 1 Mountains Alto de la Herrera (Cat. 1), km. 54 1 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team High Road 10 pts 2 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 8 3 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto 6 4 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Liquigas 4 5 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Française des Jeux 2 6 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC 1 Alto de Zaldiaran (Cat. 2), km. 88 1 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6 pts 2 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team High Road 4 3 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Liquigas 2 4 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Française des Jeux 1 Alto de Vitoria (Cat. 3), km. 113 1 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3 pts 2 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team High Road 2 3 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Française des Jeux 1 Alto de San Martin (Cat. 3), km. 144 1 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto 3 pts 2 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 3 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Française des Jeux 1 Alto de Zaldiaran (Cat. 2), km. 161 1 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto 6 pts 2 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4 3 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team High Road 2 4 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Française des Jeux 1 Teams 1 Team High Road 12.52.39 2 Gerolsteiner 3 Karpin Galicia 4 Silence-Lotto 5 Euskaltel - Euskadi 6 Team Milram 7 Bouygues Telecom 8 Lampre 9 Quick Step 10 Team CSC 11 Credit Agricole 12 Liquigas 13 Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 14 Française Des Jeux 15 Ag2r-La Mondiale 16 Astana 17 Caisse d'Epargne 18 Saunier Duval-Scott 19 Rabobank General classification after stage 4 1 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 16.32.01 2 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 0.03 3 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Karpin Galicia 0.08 4 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 5 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team High Road 6 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 7 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto 8 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 9 Patxi Javier Vila (Spa) Lampre 10 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 11 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 12 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 13 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 14 Iker Camaño (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 15 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 16 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 17 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 18 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 19 José Angel Gomez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 20 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 21 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 22 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 23 Alberto Fernández De La Puebla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 24 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 25 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Quick Step 0.15 26 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 27 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 28 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 29 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 30 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre 31 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 32 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 33 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team High Road 34 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC 35 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre 36 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 0.29 37 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 38 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 39 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Astana 40 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Karpin Galicia 41 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 42 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Silence - Lotto 43 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.48 44 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Karpin Galicia 45 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 1.01 46 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.07 47 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto 48 Igor Astarloa Ascasibar (Spa) Team Milram 49 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto 50 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 51 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas 52 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 53 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step 54 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 55 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram 56 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 57 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2r - La Mondiale 1.16 58 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2r - La Mondiale 1.19 59 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step 60 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC 61 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 1.59 62 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 63 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 64 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale 65 Iban Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 66 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 67 Nicki Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 68 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 69 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence - Lotto 70 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC 71 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 2.22 72 Sergio Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Astana 2.33 73 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre 2.40 74 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2.51 75 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3.10 76 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3.44 77 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 78 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4.23 79 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4.55 80 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Silence - Lotto 81 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 5.32 82 Benat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 6.00 83 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6.08 84 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step 6.20 85 José Rujano Guillen (Ven) Caisse d'Epargne 86 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole 6.40 87 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 88 Kanstantin Siutsou (Blr) Team High Road 6.42 89 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6.53 90 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team High Road 7.09 91 Michael Barry (Can) Team High Road 7.15 92 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Française des Jeux 93 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 94 Chris Horner (USA) Astana 8.01 95 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8.07 96 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2r - La Mondiale 9.00 97 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step 9.37 98 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 9.39 99 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 9.41 100 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road 9.43 101 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 102 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence - Lotto 9.59 103 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana 10.02 104 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Liquigas 10.30 105 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 11.32 106 John Devine (USA) Team High Road 107 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 11.50 108 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Gerolsteiner 12.16 109 Juan Francisco Mourón (Spa) Karpin Galicia 12.25 110 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 12.33 111 Julien El Farès (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 112 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 13.15 113 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 13.50 114 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 13.55 115 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 13.57 116 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank 14.28 117 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Karpin Galicia 14.29 118 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC 15.03 119 Anthony Roux (Fra) Française des Jeux 16.37 120 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 16.45 121 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana 16.52 122 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Française des Jeux 17.40 123 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Astana 17.42 124 Sebastian Schwager (Ger) Team Milram 17.55 125 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux 18.20 126 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 18.32 127 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram 18.39 128 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale 20.15 129 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 20.24 130 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 21.44 131 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 21.56 132 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux 23.26 133 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 134 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step 25.29 135 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Liquigas 29.33 136 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 35.48 137 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r - La Mondiale 36.51 Points classification 1 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Karpin Galicia 73 pts 2 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team High Road 57 3 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 40 4 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 26 5 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 25 6 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 23 7 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2r - La Mondiale 22 8 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 20 9 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 20 10 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 20 11 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team High Road 20 12 Peter Velits (Svk) Team Milram 16 13 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Quick Step 14 14 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 14 15 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 12 16 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto 12 17 Igor Astarloa Ascasibar (Spa) Team Milram 10 18 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre 10 19 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 9 20 Cadel Evans (Aus) Silence - Lotto 8 21 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 8 22 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 8 23 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 8 24 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 7 25 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Silence - Lotto 7 26 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 7 27 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6 28 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom 6 29 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6 30 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 5 31 Patxi Javier Vila (Spa) Lampre 3 32 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank 3 33 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step 3 34 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 2 35 Michael Barry (Can) Team High Road 2 Sprint classification 1 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Karpin Galicia 15 pts 2 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team High Road 14 3 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 8 4 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6 5 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5 6 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank 5 7 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2r - La Mondiale 4 8 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Française des Jeux 4 9 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2 10 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto 2 11 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Liquigas 1 12 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Astana 1 13 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step 1 14 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1 15 Chris Horner (USA) Astana 1 16 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 1 17 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1 Mountains classification 1 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 36 pts 2 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team High Road 33 3 Amets Txurruka (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 24 4 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 22 5 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 17 6 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Karpin Galicia 16 7 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Silence - Lotto 15 8 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank 10 9 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2r - La Mondiale 7 10 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 7 11 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia 6 12 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Astana 6 13 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Liquigas 6 14 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Française des Jeux 6 15 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6 16 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 5 17 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 4 18 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre 2 19 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 1 20 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 1 21 Iñigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC 1 Teams classification 1 Saunier Duval-Scott 49.36.27 2 Rabobank 3 Lampre 0.07 4 Bouygues Telecom 5 Team High Road 0.14 6 Team CSC 7 Karpin Galicia 0.16 8 Caisse d'Epargne 0.28 9 Astana 0.34 10 Gerolsteiner 0.40 11 Quick Step 1.13 12 Team Milram 1.20 13 Silence-Lotto 14 Credit Agricole 1.39 15 Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.51 16 Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 1.58 17 Liquigas 3.09 18 Ag2r-La Mondiale 4.10 19 Française Des Jeux 7.21
